Strong's Lexicon
akris: Locust
Original Word:ἀκρίς
Part of Speech:Noun, Feminine
Transliteration:akris
Pronunciation:ä-krēs'
Phonetic Spelling:(ak-rece')
Definition:Locust
Meaning:a locust.
Word Origin:Likely of uncertain derivation
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -H697: אַרְבֶּה (arbeh) - Refers to locusts, often used in the context of the plagues in Egypt (Exodus 10:4).
Usage:The term "akris" refers to a locust, a type of grasshopper known for its swarming behavior. In the Bible, locusts are often associated with devastation and judgment, as they can consume vast amounts of vegetation, leading to famine and hardship. However, they are also mentioned as a source of food.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient Near East, locusts were a common and feared natural phenomenon due to their potential to destroy crops. They were seen as instruments of divine judgment, as illustrated in the plagues of Egypt. Locusts were also considered a permissible food according to Levitical law (Leviticus 11:22), and they were consumed by people in the region, including John the Baptist, who is noted for eating locusts and wild honey (Matthew 3:4).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. word
Definitiona locust
NASB Translationlocusts (4).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 200: ἀκρίςἀκρίς,
(ίδος,
ἡ (from
Homer down),
a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals are accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also (according to
Leviticus 11:22) were permitted to eat them; (cf.
Winers RWB under the word Heuschrecken; Furrer in
Schenkel iii., p. 78f; (
BB. DD.,
under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 313ff)):Matthew 3:4;Mark 1:6. A marvelous and infernal kind of locusts is described inRevelation 9:3, 7, cf.Revelation 9:2, 5f, 8-12; see Dusterdieck at the passage.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
locust.Apparently from the same asakron; a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation) -- locust.
see GREEKakron
Forms and Transliterations
ακρίδα ακριδας ακρίδας ἀκρίδας ακριδες ακρίδες ἀκρίδες ακρίδι ακρίδος ακριδων ακρίδων ἀκρίδων ακρίς ακρόασαι ακροάσεως ακρόασιν ακρόασις akridas akrídas akrides akrídes akridon akridōn akrídon akrídōnLinks
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